Kim W5TIT wrote:
JJ, there is a line in that *commentary* in the newspaper article you
referred to: something about the signs that say Left Lane for Passing Only.
Well, I'll look on my way in to the office in the morning but, as far as I
can remember, there is not one sign in the 32 mile stretch of highway that I
travel that says anything about "Left Lane for Passing Only."
Kim W5TIT
Well, I knew you should have gotten you kids to read it to you, here is
another quote from the article.
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Until 1997, the messages along Texas' divided highways were passive:
SLOWER TRAFFIC
KEEP RIGHT
Since 1997, those signs are being replaced with a more direct command:
LEFT LANE FOR
PASSING ONLY
The law is not new.
Only the signs are new.
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Notice is says the signs *are being replaced*. It does not say all the
signs have been replaced so just because you don't see it on your little
32 mile stretch of road out of the 76,986 miles of highway in Texas,
dosen't mean there aren't any signs that say "LEFT LANE FOR PASSING
ONLY". I have seen them. There are over 1 million highway signs along
Texas roadways and a lot of them are the signs in question to be
replaced. I am sure they will get to your 32 miles someday.
I also call your attention to the last two lines, the law has always
been the left lane is for passing only, only the signs are being changed
to better express what some have a hard time understanding. So even if
you don't see the signs, the law still applies. I haven't seen a Texas
driver's written test in a long time but I would not be suprised that a
question about this very subject is there and is something you should
know even without a sign to remind you. Maybe on your 32 mile stetch of
road they will need a sign every mile or two to keep you reminded.
You remind me of the blond gal that collasped on the sidewalk. Several
came to her aid and someone noticed she was wearing earphones attatched
to a small cd player. In the process of attempting to help her the
earphones were removed and she suddenly expired. Someone picked up the
earphones to see what she was listening to and heard, "breath
in...breath out...breath in...breath out."
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